Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, franchise players for the Anaheim Ducks, each turn 28 in May. According to research done by Gabe Desjardins, that probably means that they're at the end of their peak ages and out of their scoring primes. Ryan Getzlaf re-signed with the Ducks a couple of weeks ago, and tonight it was Corey Perry's term, via Real Pierre LeBrun:

The contract makes a lot of sense for Perry, and Getzlaf's also makes a lot of sense. By signing in Anaheim, he gets the maximize his payout since he can sign for 8 years instead of 7 if he were on the open market. For the Ducks, though, these are two contracts that could look awful bad awful fast, particularly if the expected slide for the Ducks begins sooner rather than later. They're the 25th best possession team in hockey this year, and it's not like this season we get a whole lot of sample size to judge the quality of a team based on wins and losses.

Cam Charron is a BC hockey fan that writes about hockey on many different websites including this one.

It's funny how no one was making those comments about the commitment to Zetterberg/Franzen in Detroit, but here they are?

To me those were very long commitments to older players but they were able to structure in a way that diminished the risk. OK deals by Detroit.

Here you've got less than ideal timing but it could be much worse. In the end, this tandem is the core of the team, period. They have promising young guys and OK depth on the blue line organizationally, but no stars like Perry and Getzlaf. It's a decent drop off to their next biggest asset.